Rob Stein Class: Sophomore Hometown: Villa Park, Ill. High School: Timothy Christian Event: Throws

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2010-11: NCAA East Preliminary Qualifier ... one of the four RedHawks to earn a spot in the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Rounds, throwing the discus a distance of 42.17m/138-4 to earn 44th place ... at the MAC Championships, placed sixth in the discus with a heave of 51.34m/168-5 and ninth in the shot put after a throw of 14.99m/49-2.25 ... placed second at the RedHawk Invitational in the shot put with a personal-best distance of 16.54m/54-3.25 ... recorded a personal-best discus throw of 51.98m/170-6, which ranks him 10th in school history, at the Billy Hayes Invitational to place fifth ... competed in the hammer throw once, tossing it a distance of 39.65m/130-1 at the Miami Invitational ... posted an indoor season-best shot put of 15.82m/51-11 to take fourth at the Rick Meindl Last Call meet.

High School: Earned four varsity letters in track at Timothy Christian under coach John Vanderkamp ... earned all-state honors in track, taking second in the shot put at the state meet as a junior and third as a senior ... qualified for the state meet all four years ... personal-best throw of 58-3 in the shot put ... participated in the Midwest All-Star meet for Team Illinois ... also earned three varsity letters in basketball.

Personal: Born in October of 1991 in Chicago, Ill. ... son of Teri and Terry Stein ... majoring in marketing.